Location-based automatic software application installation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCyril ARMAND, Romain BUDA, Julien FLEURY, Francois VARCHON
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Abstract
Installation of a location-based application. A method collects device data of a mobile device of a user, the device data including information indicative of a location at which the user will be present at a future time. The method identifies, based on the collecting the device data, a software application associated with that location. The method downloads an installer for the software application to the mobile device of the user. The method also automatically installs the software application on the mobile device based on a triggering event, the installing being prior to arrival of the user at the location at the future time.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- collecting device data of a mobile device of a user, the device data comprising information indicative of a location at which the user will be present at a future time;
- identifying, based on the collecting the device data, a software application associated with that location;
- downloading an installer for the software application to the mobile device of the user;
- and
- automatically installing the software application on the mobile device based on a triggering event, the installing being prior to arrival of the user at the location at the future time.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
- collecting device data of a mobile device of a user, the device data comprising information indicative of a location at which the user will be present at a future time;
- identifying, based on the collecting the device data, a software application associated with that location;
- downloading an installer for the software application to the mobile device of the user;
- and
- automatically installing the software application on the mobile device based on a triggering event, the installing being prior to arrival of the user at the location at the future time.
A computer system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method comprising:
- collecting device data of a mobile device of a user, the device data comprising information indicative of a location at which the user will be present at a future time;
- identifying, based on the collecting the device data, a software application associated with that location;
- downloading an installer for the software application to the mobile device of the user;
- and
- automatically installing the software application on the mobile device based on a triggering event, the installing being prior to arrival of the user at the location at the future time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.